町外れ Outskirts Of Town

Meaning

Primary

Outskirts Of Town

Alternative

Outskirts

Word Type

noun, の adjective

Explanation

You already know that 町 means "town" and that 外れ means "extremity" or "outskirts", and this is just a combination of the two. So this means the outskirts of town.

Reading

まちはずれ

Explanation

You've already learned both 町 and 外れ, so just combine the two and you get 町外れ not only in meaning, but also in reading!

Context

Common Word Combinations

• 町外れの〜

  町外れのホテル

  a hotel on the outskirts of town

  町外れの神社

  a shrine on the outskirts of town

  町外れの森

  a forest on the outskirts of town

• 町外れまで〜

  町外れまで送る

  to accompany someone to the outskirts of town, to drive someone to the outskirts of town

  町外れまで行く

  to go to the outskirts of town

  町外れまで来る

  to come to the outskirts of town

• 町外れに〜

  町外れに来る

  to come to the outskirts of town

  町外れに住んでいる

  to live on the outskirts of town

  町外れにある

  to be located on the outskirts of town

Context Sentences

男は町外れにあるガソリンスタンドで働いていた。

The man worked at a gas station on the outskirts of town.

近くにコンビニすらない町外れのホテルにステイしてるんだ。

I'm staying at a hotel on the outskirts of town, that doesn’t even have a convenience store nearby.

こんな町外れまで、どうやって来たの？

How did you get this far out of town?

Kanji Composition

1. 町

   ちょう Town
2. 外

   がい Outside